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December 8, 2007

Curry Night at Home

I'm a total cooking-show whore, I'll admit it right up front (although Sandra Lee's "open a can of crap and put a marshmallow on it!" school of cooking has never sat right with me). I have a long long queue of Jamie Oliver and Mario Batali cooking shows on... [continue]

By Carrie Meathrell in In the Kitchen | Link | Comments (0) | Recommend this! |

December 8, 2007

Holiday Cooking Class with the Two Hot Tamales

Last weekend we were lucky enough to snag at seat at the demo-style Holiday Cooking Class hosted by Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, aka The Two Hot Tamales, at their Border Grill restaurant in Santa Monica. The room was packed with enchanted attendees focused on the endearing antics of... [continue]

By Lindsay William-Ross in Food , Holiday , In the Kitchen | Link | Comments (0) | Recommend this! (2) |

December 6, 2007

Mrs. Barton's Hanukkah

Hanukkah is the one holiday of the year that celebrates oil. How could I not love it? Luckily for me, I grew up next-door to Mrs. Barton, an excellent cook and my "adoptive Jewish mother". Every year I remember her up to her elbows in the world's biggest Tupperware... [continue]

By Elise Thompson in Holiday , In the Kitchen | Link | Comments (2) | Recommend this! (5) |

December 4, 2007

Tamale Madness!

It's tamale season! Every year around this time, our family spends one Sunday wrapping tamales for Christmas Eve. It's easiest to make the meat the day before, then have the wrapping party the next day. This is not a solo project. Stock up on beer and make something easy, like... [continue]

By Elise Thompson in In the Kitchen | Link | Comments (2) | Recommend this! (6) |